REx, you are right that my criteria might be a bit tough to meet, but they were designed to select out the true professional kiltmakers from those that are either beginners, amateurs or part-timers, not that any of those couldn't make me a quality kilt. I guess I thought I would hit the top ten or so who haunt the halls of this great forum and have a better shot at insuring quality with stricter criteria. I might have scared off a lot of the kiltmakers, though, as I have only had a couple responses so far, and only one of them met my criteria---Barb.

Maybe if I drop the number of traditional kilts manufactured by hand and sold to another kilt wearer to, say, 25, I would pick up a few more from the rabble.

I have not read your thread although I think it will be good reading and extremely useful knowledge, when I get a couple minutes free to graze through it. Thanks for linking it.